Welcome to Sign in | Join | Help
in
Back to 9WSYR.COM Your Corner Home Your Corner Blogs Your Corner Forums Your Corner Photos Your Corner Community Calendar

From the Newsroom

Is/Was your Hotmail Down?

Posted by Shaun Ganley, Web Producer - Scanning through some of the technology blogs today, I noticed several entries talking about Hotmail being down on the East Coast, including New York State.

Other Microsoft websites (and Live.com e-mail) were reportedly reachable but extremely slow.

I can't say I've noticed, I'm a GMail guy myself.

So far, there's been no comment from Microsoft on the problems... but the folks in the blog world are ranting about this? Have you experienced any problems? I'd like to know!

Shaun, the Web Guy.
Published Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:17 PM by shaunganley
Filed Under:

Comments

 

SailOn said:

You could not get me to use hot mail OR yahoo if you put a gun to my head!!!! Gimme Road Runner anyday of the week.
RUK
February 26, 2008 1:00 PM
 

I'mhere said:

Yes my Hotmail account has been down all day. I can't even get to the sign in page.
February 26, 2008 2:11 PM
 

JoJo said:

My hotmail has been down all day also. Very irritating, I'm waiting on a couple of important emails. i've seriously had it with hotmail, I'm opening a Gmail account!
February 26, 2008 2:27 PM
 

Dale VanGysel said:

Yes Hotmail is down. I'm in Germany. It seems to be a Worldwide problem. No one seems to know why. Hotmail reports to have over 300 million users.
February 26, 2008 2:28 PM
 

Dale VanGysel said:

Yes Hotmail is down. I'm in Germany. It seems to be a Worldwide problem. No one seems to know why. Hotmail reports to have over 300 million users.
February 26, 2008 2:28 PM
 

DVGl said:

Yes Hotmail is down. I'm in Germany. It seems to be a Worldwide problem. No one seems to know why. Hotmail reports to have over 300 million users.
February 26, 2008 2:29 PM
 

Leila Armush said:

AHHHH!!! I'm PISSED! i have SO many emails I have to write, and work-related ones especially. When will it be working again??
February 26, 2008 2:31 PM
 

sexybeast said:

i'm in the US and my Hotmail is down, has been all day.  I guess its a worldwide problem.
February 26, 2008 2:33 PM
 

sexybeast said:

i'm in the US and my Hotmail is down, has been all day.  I guess its a worldwide problem.
February 26, 2008 2:33 PM
 

sexybeast said:

i'm in the US and my Hotmail is down, has been all day.  I guess its a worldwide problem.
February 26, 2008 2:33 PM
 

schill said:

is there any way i can change to gmail and keep stuff such as facebook login which uses my email address or will i have to change EVERYTHING?
February 26, 2008 2:33 PM
 

RJ said:

We quickly tried to log-on to hotmail before leaving the house this morning. No go, so we bailed. Now after lunch, it's still not up. In searching the web for answers, we found info about the massive power outage in FL and several sites about hotmail being down, including this one. Does the hotmail service originate out of Florida? Is there any connection? .....A terrorist attack on US electrical grids and/or computer networks is expected my many in the world of gloom-n-doom.
February 26, 2008 2:36 PM
 

GK said:

I think it might be working now. I just logged in
February 26, 2008 2:36 PM
 

RMS said:

After MANY tries today, I just got in but who knows how many messages I may have missed
February 26, 2008 2:45 PM
 

Nicole said:

I'm in South Africa, it is 22:46 - hotmail has been down the whole day (and still is) but I have been able to access my emails as my hotmail is synched with outlook express - it has given me problems though.  So annoying!!!
February 26, 2008 2:46 PM
 

LJ said:

I'm in New Zealand, as if that's not cut off enough from the rest of the world, now my hotmail isn't working..........
Aaaaaaaarghhhhh.......
February 26, 2008 2:50 PM
 

Starchild said:

The server was down, but I am not the least bit concerned as I have faith Microsoft technicians will work it out.  It is unnecessary for 'meanness' about hotmail.  Any 'brand' of e-mail server is good.  Stand down, people!
February 26, 2008 2:56 PM
 

Mike said:

I wasn't able to get to Hotmail all morining, now I can. However, now I can't sign into Zune Marketplace (with my Hotmail credentials)
February 26, 2008 2:58 PM
 

Brigham said:

my hotmail has been down all day. ive been thinking of moving to gmail for a while. and this outage has pushed me to finally do it.
February 26, 2008 3:00 PM
 

Bob said:

My Hotmail has been down for at least the past six hours. (I'm in New York, and it's 4pm here.) Can't seriously complain, though, as I only use it for personal correspondence, not business. And I've been using the same Hotmail account for over ten years, but this is only the second problem I've experienced.
February 26, 2008 3:00 PM
 

Yufei Zhou said:

yeah, i think the problem is world wide.

it had happened since last weekend, but only impact a small
group of people. today's downtime is for millions of users
so switch to gmail guys!!!
February 26, 2008 3:09 PM
 

Latifeh said:

I'm absolutely switching to gmail after this. This has been so frustrating, and isn't the first time I've had problems with hotmail. I'm thru!
February 26, 2008 3:20 PM
 

Erin said:

It's 2:13 Pacific time in the US, and I still can't get into my Hotmail.  For me this is a a shock, because I've had my account for years and only very rarely have any troubles.  So this is really frustrating and alarming!  Hope to heaven they're working on whatever needs working on ....
February 26, 2008 4:15 PM
 

Yonkar said:

Mine was down from 6:17am EST
Checked back at 5:30pm EST and it's up.

Gmail sucks.
Yahoo Mail is good, if only if was supported fully by all browsers.

Hotmail is the best.
February 26, 2008 4:47 PM
 

Bill Gates said:

Microsoft has better servers than Google.
I use Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail and a lot of times mails sent from Gmail take more time than hotmail or yahoo.
Also, Google's Orkut Server goes down like every week in North America.

Google is only good for SEARCH.....
February 26, 2008 4:52 PM
 

George said:

My Hotmail was off all evening but now (11PM) it is back on - I'm in
North West England.
February 26, 2008 4:54 PM
 

eagles said:

MY hotmail is just fine here in NY so ha!!!
February 26, 2008 5:05 PM
 

Bob said:

Dont know if it's related, but my yahoo account has been down for a few days in
February 26, 2008 5:56 PM
 

AShley said:

my hotmail was done all day, finally just came up
February 26, 2008 7:22 PM
 

RASHAL KHAN said:

CKU
February 27, 2008 1:07 AM
 

gkiefferjfk2 said:

I don't use hotmail...
BUT i do use YAHOO [have been since i signed up with them shortly after they appeared on the internet many moons ago]
BUT i also use a host of other emails as well....
google, inbox.com, graffiti.net, Lycos.com, loopymail. rock.com, inboxnow.com, joinme.com, world2[you put the something you need in your email here].com == [let me explain the world????.com webmail... EXAMPLE - yourname.world2[YOUSELF].com

AND none of them were down at all.  ALLOF THEM HAVE BIG EMIL SPACES FROM SEVERAL GIGS TO UNLIMITED
February 27, 2008 2:07 AM
 

jenna pert said:

omg cant u get anything right microsoft is useless from the big p
February 27, 2008 6:58 AM
 

sneezy 1227 said:

i was working yesterday and earlier today but now i'm not
February 27, 2008 9:26 AM
 

Jona said:

Over here in Belgium it's still down. It's 17.40 CET.
February 27, 2008 10:41 AM
 

Jason said:

Essex,England. yeah sucks!..Been down all day.Still not working.18.00.
February 27, 2008 12:01 PM
 

Joni said:

I'm in San Diego, CA and my hotmail account has been down for 2 days now.  It is 10:15 am on Feb 27. Sucks.
February 27, 2008 12:18 PM
 

scattymoo said:

i have been useing hotmail for nearly a year along with my 3 childern our hotmail accounts have been down now for well over 24hours  in the uk 20.52 feb 27 2008
February 27, 2008 2:52 PM
 

jami said:

i can sign in to my email, but there's no new messages, which there should b a crap load! i sure hope i don't miss out on any important emails!!
February 27, 2008 5:31 PM
 

jami said:

i can sign in to my email, but there's no new messages, which there should b a crap load! i sure hope i don't miss out on any important emails!!
February 27, 2008 5:31 PM
 

jim said:

here in wis, been without access since tues. had no idea what was happening till I googled and got info there.
February 27, 2008 6:42 PM
 

Gwen said:

Here in south central Florida it's been off and on for 2 days...
February 27, 2008 8:06 PM
 

Vijay said:

Hi I am in singapore. Here also same problem in Hotmail servies...
February 27, 2008 10:48 PM
 

Thobs - South Africa said:

Mine has been able to view my mail since Monday
February 28, 2008 3:03 AM
 

Laurel-Stayner, ON said:

I haven't been able to sign on to my hotmail since monday.  Just a 'little' annoying.
February 28, 2008 5:03 AM
 

anonymous said:

i cant view my hotmail at all..yes it is very annoying as i have emails in there which i need asap..
February 28, 2008 6:28 AM
 

Steve - London said:

Still down for us in the UK... haven't had regular access for a while now... very poor service from M$.
February 28, 2008 6:32 AM
 

Will - London said:

I was fine Tuesday and Wednesday. Today, lunchtime, I can't get in. Thought maybe it was just my work network, but I can't get in from home either.
February 28, 2008 7:51 AM
 

Aaron- Boston said:

Still not working since it went down.
February 28, 2008 12:23 PM
 

AP said:

Im in UK (London), i think hotmail should be working now.
February 29, 2008 3:49 AM
 

ap said:

hotmail has been down for a couple of days now and in was very annoying. you would not expect this from microsoft. i bet you it is related to some updates/ tests which cocked it all up.
February 29, 2008 3:52 AM
 

Fausto said:

I CLOSED TODAY MY HOTMAIL ACCOUNT, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH GMAIL ALREADY FOR ONE YEAR, EVERYBODY HAS TO MOVE TO GMAIL. MICROSOFT AND ALL IT STUFF IS JUST MONEY RELATED AND NOT WORKING AT ALL, GLAD I'M A MAC USER, APPLE AND GMAIL ARE COMPATIBLE IN MAIL
February 29, 2008 4:57 AM
 

Deb said:

I didn't have ANY problems back on the 26th (didn't even know there was an issue)... I actually checked my email before bed on friday night and was able to log in without a problem.  Now, ever since Sat morning (Mar 1st) I've been unable to sign in at all since and it's now monday the 3rd of march.  I had a hard time finding ANY info on the web and the info I did find said that everyone was back up and fine... except ME!!!  I am frustrated especially since it's practically impossible to find any tech support phone numbers without having to "sign in" to get them.  Anyone else still down??

Frustrated in Oklahoma
March 3, 2008 2:04 PM
 

Q said:

Hotmail has been down all day today - March 13, 2008!!!  I have important files in there I need. This is not the first time. I'm done with them.
March 13, 2008 1:47 PM
 

jOey said:

yep hotmail is MIA downunder Sydney aussieland =( i mean... if they r gunna be carrying out maintenance; at least have the courtesy to put up a redirection page or SOMETHING! this is just plain rude! =(((
March 16, 2008 5:39 AM
 

Valroadie said:

Yep down here in USA boo! come on microsoft.
March 18, 2008 12:09 AM
 

DR Sujit said:

Hotmail notworking in indai down for the last few days. I  live in kerala state in india
March 23, 2008 5:39 AM
 

Annoyed said:

My hotmail has been down at specific times - every night - for the last 2 weeks! It is now 25 Mar 08. I'm in South East Asia...I can't even get into the login page!
March 24, 2008 9:17 PM
 

ColdMail said:

im in cleveland and as of this morning ive tried multiple browsers on both mac and pc and every time i try to go to the login page or any hotmail page i cant connect to the server. i can get onto the msn main page but if i click on hotmail or just go straight to it it will not work
March 28, 2008 6:23 PM
 

Fantastic work! <a href=" http://www.newfxlive.com/online-trading-software-managed-forex-account.html " target="_top">online trading software managed forex account</a>,Osmo ckjab said:

Fantastic work!
<a href=" http://www.newfxlive.com/online-trading-software-managed-forex-account.html " target="_top">online trading software managed forex account</a>,Fantastic work!
<a href=" http://www.newfxlive.com/online-trading-software-managed-forex-account.html " target="_top">online trading software managed forex account</a>
April 7, 2008 1:23 AM
New Comments to this post are disabled

This Blog

Post Calendar

<February 2008>
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
272829303112
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728291
2345678

Syndication

Inergize Digital Media This site powered by Inergize Digital Media. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of this station.